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A-Rod's adjustments may be paying off

Buster Olney

The camera in center field caught the full picture of Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday night, present and past. As Rodriguez turned and blasted his fifth hom...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

Top 10 matchups of the LCS

Buster Olney

...as the top 10 matchups of the league championship series: The Dodgers' left-handed relievers versus the Phillies' left-handed hitters. The Phillies have a murderers' row of left-handed hitters, with Chase Utley, Ryan...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

BP: An analysis of playoff ballparks

Clay Davenport, Baseball Prospectus

Baseball Prospectus looks at the 2009 MLB playoff ballparks and finds guys who are likely to shine because of the parks they'll be playing in.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 05, 2009

A "Major League" move by the Padres

Buster Olney

If you're looking for a CliffsNotes version of what has happened in San Diego, just flip on the movie "Major League." To review the events of the pas...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Type A positive

Buster Olney

Jason Varitek and Juan Cruz found themselves boxed into a maze of baseball rules and regulations last winter, walled in by circumstance. But they prob...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

A special kind of selfishness

Buster Olney

As players headed into spring training in 2003, they knew they would be tested for performance-enhancing drugs. They knew how much was at stake for th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 31, 2009

Ortiz trying to 'find out what's going on'

Associated Press

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz fended off further questions Friday about his 2003 drug test, saying he needed more time to gather information.

Story | Conversation | July 31, 2009

BP Daily: Trade, then prosper

Christina Kahrl and Clay Davenport, Baseball Prospectus

Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of Roy Halladay right now. If he does leave Toronto, how might he do? Pretty well, according to Baseball Prospectus, which shows that superstars perform extremely well after in-season trades.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 22, 2009

A cheap Halladay alternative

Buster Olney

...discussed over the next 10 days by the Phillies and many other teams. Pitcher B is Justin...Duchscherer for catcher Doug Mirabelli years ago. Why Philly should overpay To see Buster's numerous trade...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2009

BP Daily: Resetting the playoff races

Jay Jaffe, Baseball Prospectus

Several teams are all but eliminated, but they aren't the biggest disappointments

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 15, 2009

Practically un-bee-lievable

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A swarm of bees at Petco Park. A flock of sea gulls at Progressive Field. A Nat with almost as many homers as his team has wins. Yeah, it's been one bizarre first half, for sure.

Story | Conversation | July 10, 2009

Best, worst and weirdest of the first half

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

From Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks to MVPs and LVPs to some of the stranger moments on the diamond, we look back at the first half of the 2009 season.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009

Signability still an MLB draft trump card

When the "Baseball Tonight" producers turned the mikes on for Keith Law and Aaron Fitt of Baseball America on Tuesday night and asked them about possi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 10, 2009

Why Jake Peavy could go to the White Sox

Jake Peavy met with San Diego manager Bud Black after the Padres' game Wednesday to discuss a possible deal with the White Sox, Tom Krasovic writes. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009

It's time for the MLBPA to break with drug cheats

"A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything. I feel like he cheated me out of the game. … It does bother me. Especially for the guys that wen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009